IEEE AP-MTT Chapter Presents: "Towards Greener Smartphones with Microwave Measurements"

Presented by Dr. Dominique Schreurs
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Date: 2:00 PM-3:00PM  Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Place: MRC Conference Room, ElectroScience Laboratory, 1330 Kinnear Road, Columbus, OH 43212

Abstract: Today's smartphone handsets offer a wide range of functions (phone, GPS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi) to customers, although are still perceived as expensive and energy consuming (requiring a daily recharge). The aim of this talk is to show how microwave measurements impact smartphone design. By optimally engineering the type of measurements made before and after design (linear, nonlinear, loadpull, modulation), the efficiency of the design process not only increases, but tougher specifications such as smaller form factor and lower energy consumption can be met more easily. This observation is especially valid in the design of green multi-mode wireless radios, due to the delicate balance between energy efficiency and linearity (that is, cross talk between channels).

Bio:  Dominique Schreurs received the M.Sc. degree in electronic engineering and Ph.D. degree from the University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium. As post-doc fellow, she was visiting scientist with Agilent Technologies (USA), Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (Switzerland), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA). She is now full professor at KU Leuven. Her main research interests concern the (non)linear characterization and modelling of microwave devices and circuits, as well as (non)linear hybrid and integrated circuit design for telecommunications and biomedical applications.

She is currently Chair of the MTT-S Education Committee and also Associate Editor of the IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters. She is Distinguished Microwave Lecturer for the term 2012-2014. Beyond IEEE, Prof. D. Schreurs also serves on the Executive Committee of the ARFTG organization. She was also co-chair of the European Microwave Conference in 2008 and initiated the IEEE Women in Microwaves event at the European Microwave Week. She is co-editor of three books, contributor to seven books, and (co-)author of about 100 journal papers and 300 contributions at international conferences.